dhania

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).

Noun

dhania (uncountable)

  1. (India, cooking) Coriander.
    • 2015 July 10, “Saving our city centres, one local market at a time”, in The Guardian‎:
      All can find a stall selling something familiar – and maybe something new to try, whether it’s yams or plantain, dhania or jellied eels.

Alternative forms

Anagrams

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ظَنَّ (ẓanna).

Verb

-dhania (infinitive kudhania)

  1. to imagine, to picture
  2. to assume
Conjugation
Conjugation of -dhania
Positive present -nadhania
Subjunctive -dhanie
Negative -dhanii
Imperative singular dhania
Infinitives
Positive kudhania
Negative kutodhania
Imperatives
Singular dhania
Plural dhanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhania
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhania
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhania)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadhania/nadhania tunadhania
2nd person unadhania mnadhania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhania wanadhania
other classes positive subject concord + -nadhania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhanii)
Singular Plural
1st person sidhanii hatudhanii
2nd person hudhanii hamdhanii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhanii hawadhanii
other classes negative subject concord + -dhanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhania
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhanie)
Singular Plural
1st person nidhanie tudhanie
2nd person udhanie mdhanie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhanie wadhanie
other classes positive subject concord + -dhanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhanie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhania
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhania
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhania
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhania)
Singular Plural
1st person nadhania twadhania
2nd person wadhania mwadhania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhania wadhania
m-mi(III/IV) wadhania yadhania
ji-ma(V/VI) ladhania yadhania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhania vyadhania
n(IX/X) yadhania zadhania
u(XI) wadhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadhania
pa(XVI) padhania
mu(XVIII) mwadhania
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhania
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhania
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhania
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhania
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhania
Consecutive kadhania / positive subject concord + -kadhania
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhanie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidhania -tudhania
2nd person -kudhania -wadhania/-kudhanieni/-wadhanieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhania -wadhania
m-mi(III/IV) -udhania -idhania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhania -yadhania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhania -vidhania
n(IX/X) -idhania -zidhania
u(XI) -udhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudhania
pa(XVI) -padhania
mu(XVIII) -mudhania
Reflexive -jidhania
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhania- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dhaniaye -dhaniao
m-mi(III/IV) -dhaniao -dhaniayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dhanialo -dhaniayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhaniacho -dhaniavyo
n(IX/X) -dhaniayo -dhaniazo
u(XI) -dhaniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dhaniako
pa(XVI) -dhaniapo
mu(XVIII) -dhaniamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhania)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedhania -odhania
m-mi(III/IV) -odhania -yodhania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhania -yodhania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhania -vyodhania
n(IX/X) -yodhania -zodhania
u(XI) -odhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodhania
pa(XVI) -podhania
mu(XVIII) -modhania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).

Alternative forms

Noun

dhania class IX (plural dhania class X)

  1. coriander
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